Kenneth A. Womack, Ph.D.
Professor of English and Popular Music
- Department
- English, Music & Theatre Arts, School of Humanities & Social Sciences
- Office
- Plangere Center 116
- Phone
- 732-571-3419
- kwomack@monmouth.edu
- Office Hours
- Monday and Thursday, 2:45 - 4:30 p.m.; and by appointment. View Personal Site
Kenneth A. Womack, Ph.D.
Education
Ph.D., Northern Illinois University
B.A./M.A., Texas A&M University
Research Interests
Womack’s areas of professional interest include the Beatles, 20th-century British literature, and creative writing. He serves as editor of Interdisciplinary Literary Studies: A Journal of Criticism and Theory, published by Penn State University Press, and co-editor of the English Association’s Year’s Work in English Studies, published by Oxford University Press.
Publications
Books
Fiction:
Playing the Angel. Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2013.
The Restaurant at the End of the World. Mint Hill Books, 2012.
John Doe No. 2 and the Dreamland Motel. Switchgrass Books, 2010.
Nonfiction:
The Beatles Encyclopedia: Everything Fab Four. Greenwood Press, 2014.
The Cambridge Companion to the Beatles. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Long and Winding Roads: The Evolving Artistry of the Beatles. Bloomsbury, 2007.
Reading the Beatles: Cultural Studies, Literary Criticism, and the Fab Four. SUNY Press, 2006.
Courses
Recently Taught Classes
2020 Fall
2019 Fall
2018 Fall
Womack: Paul McCartney’s ‘Flaming Pie’ Burns Ever Brighter in This New Reissue, A Completist’s Dream
Jul 25, 2020
Womack: John Lennon Sailed to Bermuda Through a Storm, ‘Screaming Sea Shanties and Shouting at the Gods’
Jul 11, 2020
Womack: Is ‘Revolver’ the Most Significant Beatles Album?
May 23, 2020
Womack: Theater Kids and Classic Rock Fans Can Shelter in Place with the ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Soundtrack
May 16, 2020
Womack: Lose Yourself in the Who’s ‘Tommy’, a Technicolor Classic Rock Masterpiece
May 9, 2020
